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Palm Pre Reviewed
mlingojones writes "The Palm Pre doesn't come out until June 6th, but the Boy Genius Report not only got their hands on one but also posted a review of it. They liked webOS, but not the hardware (especially the keyboard). Overall, they feel that 'once people are able to play a real unit themselves, there will be more than a lot of happy Palm Pre customers.'" On the downside, this review says the keyboard is lousy.
yeah...you got it all figured out dumbass.
"i don't even own a cellphone"....but yet you feel compelled to dismiss of the best mobile inovations in the last decade??
Really? I type 50 WPM at over 90% accuracy on my iPhone 3G. How about you give that a try on your sh***y Nokia.
It wins on features hands down - the features people actually use.
Features like accessing your email, keeping a usable calendar of appointments or a decent battery life? I think not.
The iPhone appeals to light status-concious users. It is all the rage in America, where the Apple brand has cult status among the fanbois, but is just another option in the lineup of smartphones everywhere else (Europe, Asia).
Just the other day, I watched someone spend four minutes trying to finger browse to a web site in a manner that would have taken seconds with access to a decent keyboard and a trackball (read blackberry bold).
Don't get me wrong. The iPhone is a decent option, but claiming it wins in options hand down is straight out fanboism.
Looking forward to all the hate I'll be getting for this, but:
I own a Sony Ericsson Xperia. It does almost everything you'd get in an iPhone (calling, messaging, browsing the web, Google Maps, listening to music, watching movies, ...), a Pre (multitasking, slide-out keyboard, facebook integration), a "classic" Palm (all the PIM you'll ever need, bluetooth keyboards) or a G1 (running lots of apps from unsigned sources, if you tell it to) and more.
It runs Windows mobile.
Devices similar to it have been around quite a bit longer than first-generation iPhones. Just like most any palm, they've never been cool, though. So even if Palm would've gotten out a TX cell, it's extremely unprobable that this would've changed anything. They might've gotten a few percentage points out of RIM's market share. Maybe some of Microsoft's. But an Apple product's hype isn't based on features, or the price, or the design. It's marketing coupled with hordes of rabid fanboys.
Devices similar to it have been around quite a bit longer than first-generation iPhones. Just like most any palm, they've never been cool, though. So even if Palm would've gotten out a TX cell, it's extremely unprobable that this would've changed anything. They might've gotten a few percentage points out of RIM's market share. Maybe some of Microsoft's. But an Apple product's hype isn't based on features, or the price, or the design. It's marketing coupled with hordes of rabid fanboys.
Much applause. Very well said.